---
name: "nfc-read-forum-tag3"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libnfc"
version: "1.8.0-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nfc-read-forum-tag3"
---

# nfc-read-forum-tag3(1)

Extract NDEF Message from a NFC Forum Tag Type 3

## NAME

nfc-read-forum-tag3 - Extract NDEF Message from a NFC Forum Tag Type 3

## SYNOPSIS

**nfc-read-forum-tag3** \[ **-q** \] **-o** *FILE*

## DESCRIPTION

**nfc-read-forum-tag3** This utility extracts (if available) NDEF Messages contained in a NFC Forum Tag Type 3 to *FILE*

## OPTIONS

**-o**  *FILE* : output extracted NDEF Message to *FILE* (use **-o -**  to output to stdout)

**-q**  : be quiet, don't display Attribute Block parsing info

## BUGS

Please report any bugs on the **libnfc** issue tracker at:\
 **https://github.com/nfc-tools/libnfc/issues**

## LICENCE

**libnfc** is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), version 3.\
 **libnfc-utils** and **libnfc-examples** are covered by the the BSD 2-Clause license.

## AUTHORS

Roel Verdult \<roel@libnfc.org\>, \
 Romain Tartière \<romain@libnfc.org\>, \
 Romuald Conty \<romuald@libnfc.org\>.

This manual page was written by Audrey Diacre \<adiacre@il4p.fr\>. It is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (version 2 or later).